Chapter 808: Chapter 275: Too Ashad to Report Chapter 808: Chapter 275: Too Ashad to Report Xin Qianqiu spoke indifferently, “Our Xin family’s reputation, one of the prominent ones, sounds impressive at first! If it is a trivial vendetta, others might indeed give way due to certain concerns. However, those with deep-seated hatred—if they find an opportunity, who would then care about this or that?”
Xin Qianqiu wryly smiled, “What is the martial arts world? It’s a step-by-step life and death, constantly escaping doom.”
“That they could rampage for so many years without incident, I feel it’s as if the heavens have been taking care of them. If they don’t repent, once the day of reckoning cos, it won’t be light.”
As the two brothers walked and talked, they resolved to discipline their sons when they returned ho.
At this mont, both of them felt relaxed and their spirits were uplifted.
Especially Xin Qianqiu, who truly felt that he was once again filled with hope and confidence for the future.
Now that his foundational injury had been healed, not only had his cultivation fully recovered and his lifespan increased, but the vitality of life had also returned with agility. When it ca to disciplining his sons, he no longer had any reservations or fear of inadequacy.
With the will and ability in hand, straightening his sons’ bad habits naturally carried a greater chance of success.
When they returned to the inn, they were surprised that Xin Huaide and the others had not yet co back!
Luckily, the guests from last night had not departed, clearly wanting to witness the rejuvenated Xin Qianqiu, whose foundational injury had been healed, returning to his peak.
Filled with joy, Xin Qianqiu and his brother decided to celebrate another day, drinking rrily with everyone until complete intoxication, not returning until they were thoroughly drunk.
After they had seen off the guests, the two sons still hadn’t returned.
Xin Qianqiu, who had resolved to correct his sons, although displeased in his heart, still endured. He simply switched to drinking tea and playing chess with his brother, continuing to wait, wondering when these unworthy sons would stop loafing around outside.
As ti slowly passed, Xin Qianqiu’s face beca darker and more displeased.
Unbelievable, this is truly outrageous!
Knowing that their father went to seek treatnt, these sons, as his children, had disappeared!
This… for instance,
is like a father going into surgery for cancer, and outside the operating room, there’s no one waiting?!
The absence of both sons, how could a father bear this?
Even if physically healed, the emotional toll is insurmountable!
“What use is there in raising such sons!”
Later, it was Xin Qianli who kept comforting his brother, who seed like a volcano about to erupt: “Maybe they indeed encountered so urgent matter, otherwise, they would not dare to offend so. When they co back, we’ll settle the score together, keeping them confined a bit longer wouldn’t hurt…”
Xin Qianqiu didn’t say a word, just sipped his tea with a stern face.
However, this waiting… turned into two days and still no one ca back. Not only did the unworthy sons not return, but also the guards who went out with them were similarly unaccounted for.
Only then did the two brothers sense sothing was amiss. They each extended their divine senses to search but found nothing. They tried to communicate through their jade amulets, yet there was still no response.
Despite this, they didn’t assu the worst, thinking that Xin Huaide and the others had been held up by so matters.
After all, it was a common occurrence for Xin Huaide and his brothers to be away from ho for years at a ti. They had been listed on the Heavenly Judgnt’s hit list for quite so ti without harm, leading the Xin household to almost forget that they were also marked by Heavenly Judgnt.
Xin Qianqiu’s face turned ashen, “Look at other people’s sons! Then look at ours!”
Xin Qianqiu finally couldn’t contain his rage any longer, “Others don’t even need to hit or scold them, they listen on their own. As for ours, damn it, I’m almost sick from trying to discipline them, and what kind of behavior do they show? Having sons like these, I should have just… sared them on the wall in the beginning!”
As the two brothers sat in silence, sighing deeply, a commotion suddenly erupted from outside the inn. Unwilling to pay attention, the situation seed to escalate even further.
Shortly after, Xin Qianqiu was shocked to see his eldest disciple stumbling and scrambling inside.
“Master, Master!”
“What’s the panic for!?”
Already furious about his sons’ poor conduct, Xin Qianqiu’s face grew even more displeased when he saw his promising disciple in such a fluster, and he imdiately scolded him.
“Outside…”
The face of the eldest disciple, that was normally composed, showed panic as he pointed outside, “Master… this… please, please go outside and look… You must… you must stay strong…”
Stay strong?! Xin Qianqiu felt a mont of bewildernt upon hearing this, and a sense of foreboding surged in his heart.
He got up and swept outside in a flash.
But as soon as he stepped out, the sight before him left him stunned, as if he had been dealt a heavy blow to the head, seeing only stars, his mind reeling.
As Xin Qianqiu felt dizzy and unstable, he swayed and then spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
“Big brother!”
His frail body collapsed backward, powerless.
Xin Qianli stepped forward and helped stabilize his brother. Lagging a step behind Xin Qianqiu, he hadn’t yet seen what had happened. While supporting Xin Qianqiu, he looked forward and couldn’t help but cry out in shock, “What… what has happened?”
…
At the entrance of the inn, on the thick snow, a scene of chaos spread across the ground, too grueso to behold.
Twenty-five corpses lay scattered, flung haphazardly across the area—so face-up towards the sky, so on their sides, so prostrate.
Already a macabre sight, what made it even more horrifying was that each and every corpse was stark naked, not a thread on them.
Beyond being covered in blood, their private areas were also coated with so suspicious, congealed substances…
Xin Huaide and Xin Huairou were displayed at the very front, their faces riddled with despair and terror. Though their bodies were long since cold and stiff, it couldn’t conceal the intense fear and despair they experienced at the ti, their entire beings a disheveled ss.
Obviously, these people had endured so kind of bizarre torture before death, and even… it’s very likely they died due to not being able to withstand the torture!
That the direct descendants of the esteed elders of the Xin family died in such an indescribably shaful manner, the reasons for it seed trivial!
Those witnessing the scene were silenced into speechlessness, with many quietly slipping away, clearly understanding that this territory had beco a place of trouble and it was wise to leave posthaste.
“Huai De!”
“Huai Rou!”
The heart-wrenching voice of Xin Qianqiu rang out, followed by a roar, “Who did this? Who is responsible?!”
His voice sent the accumulated snow in the sky trembling and scattering into fine dust.
But who would admit to such a vile act?
Like many things, it’s better to let people know than to let them see!
Upon seeing the corpses of his sons again, the unspeakable sights filled Xin Qianqiu with overwhelming sorrow, hard to contain.
Yet within his sorrow, a trace of dread unexpectedly rose within him, striking at his soul.
Because he rembered his sons’ vows.
“…If I break this oath, may I suffer endless agony, endure limitless humiliation, and die violated by n!”
Before him, didn’t this tragic scene precisely fulfill that oath?
At this thought, he felt weak all over, his grief almost entirely dissipating.
Looking up to the heavens, with tears streaking down his face, he felt a chill in his heart, and for the first ti, he truly sensed that heaven was watching, the retribution inevitable.
“Let’s collect the corpses of your Disciples.”
Xin Qianqiu waved his hand weakly, pale-faced, the whole person seeming to return to his deteriorated state, the vigor and spirited deanor from before akin to a fleeting illusion, like a cloud that passed by.
The disciples moved together, collecting each rigid corpse, and cleaned up all the bloodstains. In the blink of an eye, there was no trace left in front of the inn, not even the vast expanse of snow.
The bystanders from the martial world had already scattered completely clean. Those still lingering nearby were insignificant Martial Artists or ordinary folks.
Anyone with a shred of sense knew that being a spectator in this matter was a sin in itself.
Why would an ordinary person willingly invite such trouble?
Not a single person spoke up; everyone was as still as statues.
Xin Qianqiu’s figure grew increasingly bent, as he woodenly turned and headed inside the inn.
As he walked, he murmured, “Huai De, Huai Rou, Huai Dao… I knew long ago… that this day would co. Now can you understand why I was so strict with you…”
“If you had been upstanding and walked the path of righteousness… If such an end had t you then, I would have mobilized the entire Xin family to seek justice for you… But now, with what reason should I seek justice?”
“I repeatedly exhorted you to be good and follow the righteous path, not to be solely driven by greed or to act recklessly, but you… you just wouldn’t listen, just wouldn’t!”
His tears stread down with boundless sorrow and pain, as he scread, “You! Just wouldn’t listen!!”
Xin Qianli’s face was somber as he followed Xin Qianqiu closely, saying fiercely, “Big brother, this vengeance… we cannot fail to retaliate!”
Xin Qianli shook his head in despair.
“No more vengeance!”
“No more vengeance?”
Xin Qianli exploded, “Are we to let Huai De and Huai Rou die in vain? The enemy resorted to such inhuman ans, causing fine n to die in disgrace, and we just leave it at that… just like this?”
“Do you know who the opponent is?” Xin Qianqiu asked.
“Such extre thods must stem from a deep hatred, definitely from a family they’ve wiped out…”
Suddenly, Xin Qianli fell silent.
Compared to Xin Qianqiu, he knew better about the character and actions of his three nephews, and even the nurous enmities they had incurred.
Never mind how tragic Zhuang Weiran and his family and friends t their ends; there were far too many minor families and factions in the martial world destroyed by the hands of Xin Huai and his brothers, too nurous to count.
In the past, no one could shake the Xin family’s na, but that didn’t an no one wanted revenge.
If wanting revenge was enough, Xin Huaide and the others would have died countless tis over, in deaths much more miserable than now by tens or hundreds of tis!
“It was Huai De and the others who destroyed their families first!”
Xin Qianqiu bitterly smiled with sadness, “You should know the reasons far better than I. Is it really excessive for them to retaliate with such thods?”
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